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Could Pochettino’s development of other full-backs ultimately seal Ryan Sessegnon’s signature?

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino (REUTERS)
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The Fulham player has long been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur and Mauricio Pochettino is the perfect manager for him.

Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon in action

As reported by the London Evening Standard, Fulham full-back Ryan Sessegnon is a top target for Tottenham Hotspur if and when he leaves Craven Cottage.

The 16-year-old has been nothing short of sensational for the Cottagers this season, featuring 29 times, scoring seven goals and providing four assists in the process.

That is a superb return for such a young player and he performs with such confidence that if he continues on his current trajectory he is destined for the very top of the game.

Tottenham may want the player, but he could yet remain at Fulham, with much depending on which division they find themselves in next season.

Victory in the play-offs and Sessegnon will surely remain to continue his development in the top flight for his current club. But disappointment against Reading or later this month at Wembley and things could change.

Whatever happens this season, Sessegnon would be wise to look closely at Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino’s work at White Hart Lane.

After all, he has turned Kyle Walker and Danny Rose into arguably the two best full-backs in the country, while Ben Davies and Kieran Trippier have also excelled despite playing bit-part roles for much of their time at the club.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino

Pochettino knows what it takes not only to get the best out of a full-back but also to ensure they considerably improve year on year.

Rewind a few seasons and you would have been laughed out of the room for suggesting Rose would become England’s finest left-back; but that he is.

Now Sessegnon has to decide where his future is best served, with a move to Tottenham sure to be high on the list of possibilities.

Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon in action with Tottenham's Kieran Trippier